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October 2017 Visa Bulletin

Visa Bulletin

Number 10 – Volume X

Washington, D.C.

OCTOBER 2017

As U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has indicated at www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo, USCIS will use the chart below to determine who may file applications for adjustment of status (Form I-485) with USCIS during the month of October. Only applicants with Priority Dates earlier than the cut-off dates listed below may file their I-485 adjustment of status applications with USCIS during October.

Family-
Sponsored

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

01JAN12

01JAN12

01JAN12

01NOV96

01OCT07

F2A

01NOV16

01NOV16

01NOV16

01NOV16

01NOV16

F2B

01SEP11

01SEP11

01SEP11

01JAN97

01SEP07

F3

01DEC05

01DEC05

01DEC05

01OCT95

15JUN95

F4

15NOV04

15NOV04

22JUN04

08FEB98

01MAR95

Employment-
Based

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

C

C

C

C

C

2nd

C

22MAY13

C

15SEP08

C

C

3rd

C

01JAN14

C

15OCT06

C

01DEC15

Other Workers

C

01JAN06

C

15OCT06

C

01DEC15

4th

C

C

01NOV15

C

01MAR16

C

Certain Religious Workers

C

C

01NOV15

C

01MAR16

C

5th Non-Regional Center

C

22JUN14

C

C

C

C

5th Regional Center

C

22JUN14

C

C

C

C

“C” = Current. No queue or backlog in this visa category at this time.

First: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference.

Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents: 114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, and any unused first preference numbers:

A. Spouses and Children: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;

B. Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older): 23% of the overall second preference limitation.

Third: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.

Fourth: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.

EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences.

Second: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.

Third: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to "Other Workers".

Fourth: Certain Special Immigrants: 7.1% of the worldwide level.

Fifth: Employment Creation: 7.1% of the worldwide level, not less than 3,000 of which reserved for investors in a targeted rural or high-unemployment area, and 3,000 set aside for investors in regional centers by Sec. 610 of P.L. 102-395.